Penholder.



No. 884,849. I l PATENTED APR. 14, 1908. R. E. PBICKBRT.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. 1907.

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' ROBERT EfrEIoKERr-or DUMONT, MINNESOTA.

PENHQLDER.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

. iippiicaaon eieirrune 27,1907-, serial No. 381,698.'

ToaZl whom it may concern.;

" Be it-'known that I, ROBERT E.P n1oxERr,

citizen of the United States, residing at Du-- nient,- in the county of Traverse andState of Minnesota, have' invented `certain new and luseful Improvements in Penholders, of which' vthe iollowing is a specification.

-This invention has'relation to penholders generally and particularly to that class that are designed tof release the penpoint when desired without taking hold of it' or manipulatingit'in a way that will occasion the soiling'of theingers or hands;4

t is the purpose of this invention .topro- 1,5l vide' improvements that will simplify the' i construction and .enhance the eiliciency of the penholder and render it capable of productionby a process and means that will 'rei duce' its cost toa minimum'.

The nature of the invention is ascertain?v able from the device portrayed in theannexed drawings forming a part of'this speciii'cation and in' view'of which/theirnprovelmentswill first be described withrespect to itsconstrueti'on and' mode of operation and use, .and then be pointed out with particularityin the subjoined'cl'aini. y fO'f the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan ofthe invention. .Fig.. '2is -ajlongi-tudinal section. lFig, 3 isa like view showing a slight'niodiiil i;ati`on. v

-The vsame character of references yindicate -the same parts or features,vas thel case may be wherever they'occur. Tv In the drawings, 4., deslgnates the penl'stock which may be of wood. or any' other jsuitable material, and 'which is'reduoed at its forward Send to receive thereover the inner end 'portion Vof a sleeve 5, of thin metal hav- A designates a stripof resilient metal having its .inner end formed las a straight shank, 6,' that is extended in a groove formed in the lower side'of' the reduced portion .of the penstock between the latter and the 'sleeve 5. Justorwardgof the endet the penstockA the said resilient strip is doubled nponitsel, and' said doubled portion isvbent upward in ai n plane at a right angie to the lane'of the pen'- 5o stock, and extended through the opening B in the to'p of the sleeve.,I The ul the' said doubled portion of t crushed down or iiattened to forma head, 7, that ,stands .a sliffht .distance above the sleeve 5. The -dou led' portion of the strip /belowthe head forms a shank, 8, that ex-f per end of l eut any tendency 'to ie strip is.

the plane et the 4sleeve to near its end, vas at 9,. whencei a recurrate bend 10, is given to its end portion, which bend is of such form that .the termi-nal 1l .will bearl on the 'bottom oi' the interior of the sleeve.4

Under the -construction described, the

penpoint 13 may readily be inserted between the outer end of the sleeve stripand be shank '1Q of the and the vortion 9 of the resilient there helll with all requisite rigidity' and tirinness to practice writing -as is common with any pen andv enholder. Instead of the end ortion 9 of. t e strip ,being given a recurrate end 10', asshown in'Fi,3 tinued in: astraight line to of the sleeve, the terminal 3 it.may be `co'nnear the outer end Y penpoint to be forced into. place, as shown in i .'3.

.In use the head? will afford a'c'onvenient lgrip for the fingers on th'e penstockto kee itI from turning while-in the act Patented April 114, 190e. l

being bent down, f v'as at 14, just suliciently toallow the shank 120i .the

of Writing, with- ,depress the same; and

.when it isdesired to release the pen'irornfthe 1 holder, -by-pressing. dow-n -on the head 7,1 the portion 9 of the strip A acting asn stiff spring', will be de'ressed, releasing the'shank l2 of the enpoint which will tou'c ing it with the-fingers.

What is claimed is:

l A penpoint-releasing penholder coni rising a'penstock, a cylindrical sleeve. on t e for- Wa'rd end of thepen'stock having 'a hole in its drop away'withoutl l i upper side, a resilient strip of in'etal havin@r its' inner portion formed as a 'shank engage( between the -penstook and the ortion of the sleeve*surrounding' thesame, t e intermediate ortion doubed upon itself forniing`a sh'an r extended 'through theA hole in the sleeve, the outer part of the doubled portion being flattened to forni a head, and vthe forward portion of said strip' being extended .outwardin the plane of the u of the' sleeve to. receive and lio the penpoint. In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

/ROBERT PEICKE'RT.

Witnesses: I

the shank of pper 'inner side 

